Activity 2A.3: Looking at Avatars
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Activity 2B.1: Modeling the Feldman Method
Slide Presentation: The Feldman Method (Optional)
You may wish to use this slide presentation, developed in PowerPoint, to introduce the Feldman Method of Art Criticism that students will use during the year to analyze artwork. The slide presentation is available as a download located at the bottom of this page.
Self-Portrait Example for Think-Aloud
The Two Fridas, 1939, Frida Kahlo
http://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/The-Two-Fridas.html
Activity 2B.2: Critiquing a Self-Portrait
Self-Portraiture
Albrecht Durer
Self-Portrait, 1500
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Portrait_(D%C3%BCrer)
M.C. Escher
Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935
www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggescher/ggescher-47949.html
Paul Gauguin
Self-Portrait, 1889
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889
www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/act_gauguin_faces.shtm
William H. Johnson
Self-Portrait, 1929
www.artlex.com/ArtLex/h/images/harlem_whjohnson_selfpor_lg.jpg
A Journey through Art with W. H. Johnson
http://americanart.si.edu/education/johnson/
Frida Kahlo
Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States, 1932
www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/worksofart/borderline.html
The Accident, 1926
www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/worksofart/accident.html
Self-Portrait, 1929
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Frida_Kahlo_%28self_portrait%29.jpg
Kathe Kollwitz
Self-Portrait, 1924
http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/sum04/art105-5.html
Self-Portrait, 1921
www.nmwa.org/collection/detail.asp?WorkID=1479
Self-Portrait, 1924 (woodcut)
http://www.gseart.com/artworks/artshow.asp?SType=INVT&ArtistID=67&cur=6
Self-Portrait, 1948
www.rogallery.com/Kollwitz/Kollwit-20.htm
Jacob Lawrence
Self-Portrait, 1977
http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/eye/html/l_lawrence.htm
Yolanda Lopez
Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1978
http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/ChicanArte/html_pages/lopez11.html
Nina Matsumoto
Self-Portrait (n.d.)
http://manga.about.com/od/booksmagazinesgalleries/ig/Nina-Matsumoto-Gallery/Nina-Matsumoto.htm
Lee Miller
Self-Portrait in Headband, 1932
Rembrandt van Rijn
Self-Portrait, Wide Eyed, 1630
In addition to this and several more self-portraits, this Web page has information about the scope of Rembrandt’s self-portraiture:
www.rembrandtpainting.net/rembrandt_self_portraits.htm
Marjane Satrapi
“The Veil” from Persepolis, 2003
www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/persepspread1.html
Untitled (vacation) from Persepolis, 2003
www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/graphicnovels/persepspread7.html